Garment-supporter trimming.



E. N. HUMPHREY.

GARMENT SUPPGRTBR TRIMMING.

APLIOATION FILED SEPT. 2, 1913.

Patented J an. 27, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST N. I-IUMEHREY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE TRAUT &

HINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORA- TION F CONNECTICUT.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER TRIMIVIING.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 27,1914.

construction of garment supporter trimming ofthe type provided with a swinging cord guide such as is commonly found on suspender trimmings, the object of the present invention being to provide a guard for the swinging guide of simple and effective structure which houses said guide at the front and rear, and protectsthe clothing from abrasion. These and other advantages will be apparent from the following detailed specification taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part thereof and ,illustrating a preferable form of the invention.

In these drawings: Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of a suspender trimming and cord guides equipped with the guarding means of the present invention. Fig. 2 is-a vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view in elevation of loop plate shown in Fig. 1 detached. Fig. 4 is a view in end elevation of the central guard mem ber with its arms in interlocked position. Fig. 5 is a view in end elevation of one of the end guard members.

Referring to the drawings by numerals,

1 indicates a loop plate towhich one end of a suspender or other supporter strap may be attached. This loop plate is shown as of the type employed at the rear of the suspender structure, wherein three cord guides are employed, the lower edge of the loop plate being provided with a central offset 3 and end offsets 2 and 4 to receive the pivoted ends of these cord guides. These guides are of the tubular type and embody a body portion 5 shaped to provide an arcuate channel for the cords of the supporter, and spaced arm 6 embracing the opposite faces of the extensions 2, 3 and 4 of the loop plate. It is a well known fact that unprotected swinging cord guides of this type will rub against the elo-thing of the wearer, and cause not only discomfort to the wearer but abrasion and tearing of the clothing. I provide means to house and guard these swinging guides, which guarding means are anchored to the loop plate and house the swinging guides therein. In the case of the central cord guide of the three guide loop plate shown in the drawings, the lower portion of the loop plate adjacent the extension 3, is notched at its upper edge as at 7, and at alined points in its lower edge as at 8. The central tubular cord guide 5 is pivotally secured to the extension 3, preferably by means of a tubular stud 9 inserted thro-ugh the aperture in the extension 3, and through alined apertures in the arms 6 of the cord guide, the ends of said stud being headed against the outer faces of the arms 6 of the guide to retain it pivotally mounted thereon. For security sake, a pin 10 may be also inserted through the tubular stud 9, and may have its ends headed up against the outer faces of the stud. A sheet metal guard member is provided for this cord guide formed of a single piece of sheet metal folded upon itself to provide a main body portion 11 forming a housing and inclosing and guiding therebetween the arcuate body portion of the cord guide, the ends of the guide extending laterally from the housing, which is decreased in width at its lower end as at 12, this narrow portion extending beneath the arcuate body of the guide and its edges acting as stop shoulders for the swinging guide and maintaining the guide within the housing 11. The front and rear faces of the housing 11 will prevent contact of the swinging guide with the body or clothing of the wearer, and are spaced apart a suflicient distance to provide clearance for the guide in swinging movement. This guard member is provided at its upper end and at each side, with complemental spaced arms 13 and 14, the former being of greater length than the latter. In attaching the guard member to the loop plate, the arms 14 are extended around the front face -of the loop plate, and in the notches 7 and 8 therein. The longer arms 13 are then bent o-ver the arms 14 and eX- tend in the notches 7 and 8 from the front face of theloop plate, the ends of these arms 13, being of sn'icient length to enable them to lap over the rear face of the loop plate and to be inserted within the notches 8 from the rear side of said loop plate, thereby forming with the arms 14 a locking joint, securely interlocking the arms of the guard member with each other and to the loop plate independently of the cord guide and with the guard in fixed position relative thereto.

At the ends of the loop plate, a slightly different construction of guard member is necessary. To this end I form the guard members at these ends of a single piece of sheet metal bent upon itself to provide a housing l5 shaped to embrace the body portion 5 of the end cord guides, and have its outer extremity narrowed as at 16 to provide stop shoulders for the ends of the cord guides, whereby these guides are always maintained within the housing as in the case of the central cord guide, and are allowed a sufhciently wide range of swinging movement as is also the case with the central cord guide. The end guard members have arms 17 extending from their main body portions l5, which arms are riveted to the extensions 2 and 4 of the loop plate by means of rivets 1S, upon which the ends 6 of the cord guides 5 are pivotally mounted, the arms 17 of these guard members overlapping the pivot ends of the cord guide. In order to anchor the end guard members to the loop plate, one of their arms 17 is provided with an angular extension 19 which extends in notches 2O formed in the lower edge of the loop plate adjacent the extensions 2 and Il, so that these end guard members are securely anchored to the loop plate independently of the cord guide and against movement relative thereto in a manner generally similar to the central guard member l1.

The construction of cord guides, guard members and loop plate herein described, affords a structure which may be quickly and economically manufactured from sheet metal, the guard members being securely anchored to the loop plate against movement relative thereto, and in addition, being arranged to maintain the cord guides within the housing afforded by their main body portions.

I have described a specific construction of loop plate and cooperating guard membersthereon, but it will be evident that the speciti-c structure of these guard members and of the loop plate may be varied within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

1What I claim therefore, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. In a garment supporter trimming, a plate arranged for attachment to a supporter strap, a swinging cord guide pivotally carried by said plate and extending ber separate from said plate inclosing opposite faces of said guide and fiXedly secured to said plate independently of said guide.

2. In a. garment supporter trimming, a plate arranged for attachment to a supporter strap, a swinging cord guide pivotally carried by said plate and extending from the edge thereof, a guard member formed of sheet metal folded upon itself to provide a housing inclosing therein the opposite faces of said guide, said member having an arm fiX-edly secured to said plate independently of said cord guide.

3L In a garment supporter trimming, a plate arranged for attacl'iment to a supporter strap, a swinging cord guide pivotally carried by said plate and extend-ing out beyond the edge thereof, a guardmember separate from said plate inclosing opposite faces of said guide and fiXedl'y secured to said plate independently of said guide, said' guard member having a portion extending beneath said cord guide and positioned with'- in its arc of swinging movement.

4. In a garment supporter trimming, a plate arranged for attachment to a supporter strap, a swinging cord guide pivotally carried by said plate and extending from the edge thereof, a guard member formed of sheet metal folded upon itself toy provid-e a housing inclosing therein the opposite faces' of said swinging guide and extendingtliere-V beneath and in the arc of swinging thereof to provide stop abutment-s1 limiting the arc of swinging movement of said guide and maintaining said guide partially within said housing, said sheet metal housing having an arm extending therefrom and bent over saidplate to anchor said guard member thereto.

In a garment supporter trimming, a plate arranged for attachment to a supporter strap and having an anchorage notch in one edge thereof, a swinging cord guide pivotally attached to said' plate and extending from the edge thereof, a guard member formed of sheet metal folded upon itself to provide a housing inclosing therein the opposite faces of said swinging guide and eX- ten-ding therebeneath and in the arc of swing thereof, said housing having an arm eXtendingtherefrom and bent over said plate and in said notch to anchor said guardv member to said plate.

ERNEST N. HUMPHREY.

Viitnesses:

FRANK L.. TRAUT, STANLEY PARKER.

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